The last set of photos from the 2024 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Holger Rune has been ranked as high as #4 on the ATP tour:
Chinese player Lin Zhu is currently ranked #57 on the WTA tour. Here she serves in a first round match against Caroline Wozniacki. Wozniacki would prevail in straight sets.
American doubles specialist Asia Muhammad has nine doubles titles. Here she and her shadow leap into a serve:
More shots from the practice courts prior to the 2024 BNP Paribas Open.
Anastasia Potapova is currently ranked #43 on the WTA Tour:
French player Caroline Garcia has been ranked as high as #4 on the WTA Tour:
Danielle Collins has had a standout 2024 after announcing that she would retire from tennis, winning two tournaments.
Her Indian Wells tournament would end in the second round, losing to eventual winner Iga Swiatek.
Here she competes in a first round match which she would win in two tie-break sets.
British Katie Boulter could not repeat her success in San Diego at Indian Wells, losing a first round match to Camila Giorgi:
Italian Camila Giorgi defeated Katie Boulter in the first round of Indian Wells, only to lose in the following round:
Andy Murray competes in a first round match against David Goffin.
Murray would win the match in straight sets before losing in the second round to Andrey Rublev.
Iga Swiatek is currently the #1 ranked player on the WTA tour.
Here she practices prior to the 2024 BNP Paribas Open.
She would win the tournament, defeating Maria Sakkari in the finals.
Novak Djokovic practices before the start of the 2024 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Djokovic would lose in the round of 32 to a qualifier, Luca Nardi:
Gael Monfils practices his serve.
Monfils would reach the round of 16 before losing to Casper Ruud:
Carlos Alcarez (the human highlight reel!) practices prior to the 2024 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells:
Americans were also represented at the 2024 Eisenhower Cup by Ben Shelton and Emma Navarro.
Shelton and Navarro would win all of their first-to-10-point matches to win the cup and $200,000!
Shelton has a rocket of a serve:
As a former doubles player, I would always tell my partner that it is better to both try to hit the ball than neither!
Here Shelton hits the ball before Navarro was able to:
The Poles were represented at the 2024 Eisenhower Cup by Hubert Hurcacz and Iga Swiatek:
Andrey Rublev and Maria Sakkari played together at the 2024 Eisenhower charity tournament prior to the BNP Paribas Open.
